Linda Sher
Transplant Surgery · Los Angeles, CANPI 1770518854
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (47.1%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Xvivo Perfusion Inc. accounts for 63.8% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,414 and has fallen 65.5% since, to $833 in 2025.
Across 16 payments — averaging $215.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Xvivo Perfusion Inc.$2K
- Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical)$695
- Dilon Technologies, Inc.$150
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$149
- Novo Nordisk$82
- Medtronic$77
- plus $91 from 2 others
Across 81 payments — averaging $5478.38 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- NDLX Health Sciences, LLC$444K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$200
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$74822%
- Travel & lodging$1,07331%
- Food & beverage$1,62047%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Xvivo Perfusion Inc. | 5 | $2,196 |
| Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical) | 4 | $695 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $149 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $82 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $77 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $58 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $33 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
How this compares
$3,441 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 56 transplant surgery providers in California.
Other transplant surgery in Los Angeles
- Yuri GenykLos Angeles$35K
- Navpreet KaurLos Angeles$19K
- Gerald LipshutzLos Angeles$16K
- Mohd SheikhLos Angeles$9K
- Fady KaldasLos Angeles$7K
- Jim KimLos Angeles$6K
- Aaron AhearnLos Angeles$5K
- Juliet EmamaulleeLos Angeles$4K
- Douglas FarmerLos Angeles$3K
- Kambiz EtesamiLos Angeles$1K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.